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N. phocion Fab. 5-mile beach VI (Haim) ; 7-mile beach, Atlantic City 

 (Aaron) ; DaCosta VII, 17, common (Lt) ; Toms River VII, 27. Brown's 

 Mills Jc. VII, 12 (Dke); Jones Mill VI, 21 (Stone); Morristown (Ed- 

 wards). The larva is said to feed on grasses. 



N. eurytus Fab. Throughout the State in and around open woodland. 

 It is the most common of our species and on the wing from late May 

 to early September. Mr. Beutenmuller says there is one brood only, 

 the larva feeding on grasses. 



N. mitchelli French. Dover, VI (Jn), and no other more recent cap- 

 tures. 



N. sosybius Fab. Mount Holly (Aaron), and occasional in southern New 

 Jersey. The larva on grasses. 



SATYR US Westw. 



S. alope Fab. Common throughout the State from June to September. 

 The typical form occurs sparingly in the northern section is the 

 more common in the centre of the State and along the Delaware, and 

 becomes less common in the sandy coastal plain. 



var. maritima W. H. Edw. This is the common form in Cape May 

 County, VII-IX, is at least as common as the type at Jamesburg, but 

 is rare in the Orange Mountains and wanting in the north. 



var. nephele Kirby. Tends to replace the typical form in the north 

 and is common in Sussex, Warren and Morris Counties. All forms 

 from typical "alope" to typical "nephele" occur at Chester. The 

 larvae are grass feeders. 



Family LIBYTHEIM:. 



Includes only a single species, which differs from all the rest of our 

 butterflies by the long palpi, projected straight forward so as to give the 

 appearance of a snout or beak. 



L1BYTHEA Fab. 



L. bachmani Kirtl. Local and sometimes common. Hopatcong (Pm) ; 

 Ft. Lee VII and VIII (div) ; Newark (Soc); Staten Island VIII, 11, IX, 

 15, three specimens only (Ds) ; Gloucester (Aaron) ; Camden VII, 9 

 (Carney); Avalon VII, 4 (Kp) ; Lakehurst VII, 21 (Ds). The larva 

 feeds on hackberry. 



Family ERYCINIM. 



The forelegs in the male are aborted, in the female complete. The 

 family is a small one at best, and has only a single representative in the 

 State. It was called "Lemoniidae" in the last edition. 



